Lowest Child Mortality
1.6
Finland in 2019
Highest Total Fertility Rate
16.1
Yemen in 1991
Highest Female Employment Rate
89.2
Burundi in 1991
| Country/area | 1999 | 2019 | Absolute Change | Relative Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Afghanistan | 133 | 60.1 | -72.9 | -55.0% |
| 1 | Angola | 211 | 74.5 | -136.5 | -65.0% |
| 2 | Albania | 27.4 | 8.68 | -18.72 | -68.0% |
| 3 | Andorra | 6.68 | 2.87 | -3.81 | -57.0% |
| 4 | UAE | 11.5 | 7.37 | -4.13 | -36.0% |
| 5 | Argentina | 20.4 | 9.66 | -10.74 | -53.0% |
| 6 | Armenia | 32.3 | 12.1 | -20.2 | -63.0% |
| 7 | Antigua and Barbuda | 16.7 | 6.25 | -10.45 | -63.0% |
| 8 | Australia | 6.31 | 3.59 | -2.72 | -43.0% |
| 9 | Austria | 5.61 | 3.37 | -2.24 | -40.0% |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 80 | 20.7 | -59.3 | -74.0% |
| 11 | Burundi | 162 | 56.7 | -105.3 | -65.0% |
| 12 | Belgium | 6.06 | 3.51 | -2.55 | -42.0% |
| 13 | Benin | 143 | 90.9 | -52.1 | -36.0% |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 182 | 74 | -108 | -59.0% |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 92.2 | 28.9 | -63.3 | -69.0% |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 18.2 | 6.76 | -11.44 | -63.0% |
| 17 | Bahrain | 13.2 | 6.89 | -6.31 | -48.0% |
| 18 | Bahamas | 15.9 | 9.88 | -6.02 | -38.0% |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.3 | 5.66 | -4.64 | -45.0% |
| 20 | Belarus | 13.7 | 3.35 | -10.35 | -76.0% |
| 21 | Belize | 24.5 | 12.7 | -11.8 | -48.0% |
| 22 | Bolivia | 79.8 | 26.1 | -53.7 | -67.0% |
| 23 | Brazil | 37.1 | 13.9 | -23.2 | -63.0% |
| 24 | Barbados | 15 | 11.9 | -3.1 | -21.0% |
| 25 | Brunei | 10.7 | 11.3 | 0.6 | 6.0% |
| 26 | Bhutan | 82 | 28.5 | -53.5 | -65.0% |
| 27 | Botswana | 85.1 | 35.6 | -49.5 | -58.0% |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 173 | 113 | -60 | -35.0% |
| 29 | Canada | 6.27 | 4.94 | -1.33 | -21.0% |
| 30 | Switzerland | 5.73 | 4.01 | -1.72 | -30.0% |
| 31 | Chile | 11.5 | 7.03 | -4.47 | -39.0% |
| 32 | China | 39.2 | 8.34 | -30.86 | -79.0% |
| 33 | Cote d’Ivoire | 148 | 78.9 | -69.1 | -47.0% |
| 34 | Cameroon | 152 | 73.9 | -78.1 | -51.0% |
| 35 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 165 | 86.2 | -78.8 | -48.0% |
| 36 | Congo, Rep. | 115 | 48.7 | -66.3 | -58.0% |
| 37 | Colombia | 25.8 | 13.8 | -12 | -47.0% |
| 38 | Comoros | 102 | 66.2 | -35.8 | -35.0% |
| 39 | Cape Verde | 40 | 18.8 | -21.2 | -53.0% |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 13.8 | 8.47 | -5.33 | -39.0% |
| 41 | Cuba | 8.9 | 4.9 | -4 | -45.0% |
| 42 | Cyprus | 7.05 | 2.3 | -4.75 | -67.0% |
| 43 | Czech Republic | 5.84 | 3.29 | -2.55 | -44.0% |
| 44 | Germany | 5.52 | 3.46 | -2.06 | -37.0% |
| 45 | Djibouti | 103 | 55.5 | -47.5 | -46.0% |
| 46 | Dominica | 14.9 | 34.9 | 20 | 134.0% |
| 47 | Denmark | 5.62 | 4.1 | -1.52 | -27.0% |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 42.2 | 28.3 | -13.9 | -33.0% |
| 49 | Algeria | 40.3 | 22.8 | -17.5 | -43.0% |
| 50 | Ecuador | 30.9 | 13.9 | -17 | -55.0% |
| 51 | Egypt | 49.8 | 20.5 | -29.3 | -59.0% |
| 52 | Eritrea | 90.1 | 39.8 | -50.3 | -56.0% |
| 53 | Spain | 5.62 | 2.93 | -2.69 | -48.0% |
| 54 | Estonia | 11.9 | 2.5 | -9.4 | -79.0% |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 148 | 53 | -95 | -64.0% |
| 56 | Finland | 4.41 | 1.63 | -2.78 | -63.0% |
| 57 | Fiji | 23 | 25.3 | 2.3 | 10.0% |
| 58 | France | 5.5 | 3.94 | -1.56 | -28.0% |
| 59 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 54.5 | 30 | -24.5 | -45.0% |
| 60 | Gabon | 86 | 43.5 | -42.5 | -49.0% |
| 61 | UK | 6.65 | 4.24 | -2.41 | -36.0% |
| 62 | Georgia | 39 | 9.37 | -29.63 | -76.0% |
| 63 | Ghana | 103 | 46.2 | -56.8 | -55.0% |
| 64 | Guinea | 174 | 97.3 | -76.7 | -44.0% |
| 65 | Gambia | 119 | 56.8 | -62.2 | -52.0% |
| 66 | Guinea-Bissau | 180 | 79.1 | -100.9 | -56.0% |
| 67 | Equatorial Guinea | 161 | 83.1 | -77.9 | -48.0% |
| 68 | Greece | 6.86 | 4.37 | -2.49 | -36.0% |
| 69 | Grenada | 15.9 | 15.2 | -0.7 | -4.0% |
| 70 | Guatemala | 53.9 | 25.2 | -28.7 | -53.0% |
| 71 | Guyana | 47.8 | 29.3 | -18.5 | -39.0% |
| 72 | Hong Kong, China | 4.4 | 2.02 | -2.38 | -54.0% |
| 73 | Honduras | 38.9 | 17.1 | -21.8 | -56.0% |
| 74 | Holy See | 39.4 | 18.6 | -20.8 | -53.0% |
| 75 | Croatia | 8.62 | 4.57 | -4.05 | -47.0% |
| 76 | Haiti | 107 | 63.1 | -43.9 | -41.0% |
| 77 | Hungary | 10.7 | 4.12 | -6.58 | -61.0% |
| 78 | Indonesia | 54.9 | 24.1 | -30.8 | -56.0% |
| 79 | India | 95.2 | 35.2 | -60 | -63.0% |
| 80 | Ireland | 7.29 | 3.42 | -3.87 | -53.0% |
| 81 | Iran | 36.2 | 13.9 | -22.3 | -62.0% |
| 82 | Iraq | 45.2 | 25.9 | -19.3 | -43.0% |
| 83 | Iceland | 4.26 | 1.92 | -2.34 | -55.0% |
| 84 | Israel | 7.17 | 3.58 | -3.59 | -50.0% |
| 85 | Italy | 5.87 | 2.93 | -2.94 | -50.0% |
| 86 | Jamaica | 22.9 | 14.1 | -8.8 | -38.0% |
| 87 | Jordan | 27.8 | 15.7 | -12.1 | -44.0% |
| 88 | Japan | 4.73 | 2.41 | -2.32 | -49.0% |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 45.3 | 9.28 | -36.02 | -80.0% |
| 90 | Kenya | 110 | 39.8 | -70.2 | -64.0% |
| 91 | Kyrgyz Republic | 52.1 | 18.4 | -33.7 | -65.0% |
| 92 | Cambodia | 114 | 27 | -87 | -76.0% |
| 93 | Kiribati | 73.4 | 51 | -22.4 | -31.0% |
| 94 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 24.5 | 11.4 | -13.1 | -53.0% |
| 95 | South Korea | 7.91 | 3.03 | -4.88 | -62.0% |
| 96 | Kuwait | 12.7 | 7.63 | -5.07 | -40.0% |
| 97 | Lao | 111 | 45.5 | -65.5 | -59.0% |
| 98 | Lebanon | 21 | 7.39 | -13.61 | -65.0% |
| 99 | Liberia | 199 | 69 | -130 | -65.0% |
| 100 | Libya | 29 | 11.6 | -17.4 | -60.0% |
| 101 | St. Lucia | 18.1 | 16.3 | -1.8 | -10.0% |
| 102 | Liechtenstein | 12.2 | 6.03 | -6.17 | -51.0% |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 17.1 | 7.2 | -9.9 | -58.0% |
| 104 | Lesotho | 115 | 78.5 | -36.5 | -32.0% |
| 105 | Lithuania | 11.2 | 3.95 | -7.25 | -65.0% |
| 106 | Luxembourg | 5.05 | 2.36 | -2.69 | -53.0% |
| 107 | Latvia | 15.3 | 3.74 | -11.56 | -76.0% |
| 108 | Morocco | 51.7 | 21.5 | -30.2 | -58.0% |
| 109 | Monaco | 5.34 | 3.09 | -2.25 | -42.0% |
| 110 | Moldova | 34.1 | 15.3 | -18.8 | -55.0% |
| 111 | Madagascar | 113 | 51.1 | -61.9 | -55.0% |
| 112 | Maldives | 43.8 | 8.24 | -35.56 | -81.0% |
| 113 | Mexico | 27.9 | 12.5 | -15.4 | -55.0% |
| 114 | Marshall Islands | 40.7 | 32.2 | -8.5 | -21.0% |
| 115 | North Macedonia | 17.1 | 9.86 | -7.24 | -42.0% |
| 116 | Mali | 194 | 95 | -99 | -51.0% |
| 117 | Malta | 7.88 | 6.81 | -1.07 | -14.0% |
| 118 | Myanmar | 91.5 | 44.9 | -46.6 | -51.0% |
| 119 | Montenegro | 14.6 | 2.45 | -12.15 | -83.0% |
| 120 | Mongolia | 68.6 | 15.7 | -52.9 | -77.0% |
| 121 | Mozambique | 181 | 70.6 | -110.4 | -61.0% |
| 122 | Mauritania | 114 | 73.8 | -40.2 | -35.0% |
| 123 | Mauritius | 20.2 | 15.1 | -5.1 | -25.0% |
| 124 | Malawi | 183 | 47.3 | -135.7 | -74.0% |
| 125 | Malaysia | 11 | 7.58 | -3.42 | -31.0% |
| 126 | Namibia | 76.2 | 38.2 | -38 | -50.0% |
| 127 | Niger | 235 | 80.5 | -154.5 | -66.0% |
| 128 | Nigeria | 190 | 117 | -73 | -38.0% |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 39 | 17.9 | -21.1 | -54.0% |
| 130 | Netherlands | 6.3 | 3.68 | -2.62 | -42.0% |
| 131 | Norway | 4.98 | 2.45 | -2.53 | -51.0% |
| 132 | Nepal | 85.8 | 31 | -54.8 | -64.0% |
| 133 | Nauru | 42.9 | 31.6 | -11.3 | -26.0% |
| 134 | New Zealand | 7.6 | 5.61 | -1.99 | -26.0% |
| 135 | Oman | 17.6 | 10.9 | -6.7 | -38.0% |
| 136 | Pakistan | 115 | 67.9 | -47.1 | -41.0% |
| 137 | Panama | 26.4 | 14.9 | -11.5 | -44.0% |
| 138 | Peru | 41.9 | 13.9 | -28 | -67.0% |
| 139 | Philippines | 38.6 | 27.8 | -10.8 | -28.0% |
| 140 | Palau | 29.4 | 17.4 | -12 | -41.0% |
| 141 | Papua New Guinea | 73.8 | 46.4 | -27.4 | -37.0% |
| 142 | Poland | 9.99 | 4.27 | -5.72 | -57.0% |
| 143 | North Korea | 67.4 | 17.4 | -50 | -74.0% |
| 144 | Portugal | 7.7 | 3.61 | -4.09 | -53.0% |
| 145 | Paraguay | 34.5 | 19.8 | -14.7 | -43.0% |
| 146 | Palestine | 31 | 19.8 | -11.2 | -36.0% |
| 147 | Qatar | 12.9 | 6.66 | -6.24 | -48.0% |
| 148 | Romania | 23.1 | 7.07 | -16.03 | -69.0% |
| 149 | Russia | 20.1 | 6.81 | -13.29 | -66.0% |
| 150 | Rwanda | 191 | 33.6 | -157.4 | -82.0% |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 23.5 | 6.75 | -16.75 | -71.0% |
| 152 | Sudan | 108 | 59.1 | -48.9 | -45.0% |
| 153 | Senegal | 136 | 42 | -94 | -69.0% |
| 154 | Singapore | 4.12 | 2.7 | -1.42 | -34.0% |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 31 | 19.5 | -11.5 | -37.0% |
| 156 | Sierra Leone | 239 | 102 | -137 | -57.0% |
| 157 | El Salvador | 34.8 | 13.1 | -21.7 | -62.0% |
| 158 | San Marino | 6.55 | 1.93 | -4.62 | -71.0% |
| 159 | Somalia | 172 | 119 | -53 | -31.0% |
| 160 | Serbia | 13.2 | 5.34 | -7.86 | -60.0% |
| 161 | South Sudan | 192 | 97.6 | -94.4 | -49.0% |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 89.3 | 30.2 | -59.1 | -66.0% |
| 163 | Suriname | 35.7 | 18.4 | -17.3 | -48.0% |
| 164 | Slovak Republic | 10.2 | 5.42 | -4.78 | -47.0% |
| 165 | Slovenia | 5.83 | 2.1 | -3.73 | -64.0% |
| 166 | Sweden | 4.14 | 2.62 | -1.52 | -37.0% |
| 167 | Eswatini | 121 | 52.5 | -68.5 | -57.0% |
| 168 | Seychelles | 13.7 | 14.2 | 0.5 | 4.0% |
| 169 | Syria | 24.6 | 15.8 | -8.8 | -36.0% |
| 170 | Chad | 189 | 117 | -72 | -38.0% |
| 171 | Togo | 123 | 68 | -55 | -45.0% |
| 172 | Thailand | 23 | 8.77 | -14.23 | -62.0% |
| 173 | Tajikistan | 90.4 | 33.6 | -56.8 | -63.0% |
| 174 | Turkmenistan | 83.1 | 45.1 | -38 | -46.0% |
| 175 | Timor-Leste | 114 | 44.2 | -69.8 | -61.0% |
| 176 | Tonga | 17.9 | 15.2 | -2.7 | -15.0% |
| 177 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28.7 | 17.9 | -10.8 | -38.0% |
| 178 | Tunisia | 32.3 | 16.5 | -15.8 | -49.0% |
| 179 | Turkey | 40.9 | 10.1 | -30.8 | -75.0% |
| 180 | Tuvalu | 42.6 | 23.9 | -18.7 | -44.0% |
| 181 | Taiwan | 9.07 | 4.44 | -4.63 | -51.0% |
| 182 | Tanzania | 137 | 51.3 | -85.7 | -63.0% |
| 183 | Uganda | 154 | 44.6 | -109.4 | -71.0% |
| 184 | Ukraine | 19.2 | 8.46 | -10.74 | -56.0% |
| 185 | Uruguay | 17.6 | 7.38 | -10.22 | -58.0% |
| 186 | USA | 8.59 | 6.58 | -2.01 | -23.0% |
| 187 | Uzbekistan | 65.2 | 20.8 | -44.4 | -68.0% |
| 188 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.6 | 15.9 | -6.7 | -30.0% |
| 189 | Venezuela | 27.5 | 25.3 | -2.2 | -8.0% |
| 190 | Vietnam | 31.4 | 20.4 | -11 | -35.0% |
| 191 | Vanuatu | 29 | 25.7 | -3.3 | -11.0% |
| 192 | Samoa | 21.9 | 15.4 | -6.5 | -30.0% |
| 193 | Yemen | 99.3 | 54.9 | -44.4 | -45.0% |
| 194 | South Africa | 71.7 | 32.9 | -38.8 | -54.0% |
| 195 | Zambia | 169 | 56.1 | -112.9 | -67.0% |
| 196 | Zimbabwe | 105 | 44.4 | -60.6 | -58.0% |
The chart highlights clear disparities between continents in child mortality rates, with developed regions (Europe, Asia, Oceania) showing significantly lower rates compared to developing regions (America and Africa).
This data underscores the importance of healthcare infrastructure, economic development, and public health initiatives in reducing child mortality rates. Finland having the lowest child mortality rate among all continents, with a value close to 1. This suggests excellent healthcare systems and child welfare practices in the country. In contrast, Libya has the highest child mortality rate among the listed continents, with a value significantly higher than the rest. This reflects disparities in healthcare access, infrastructure, and socioeconomic conditions in the African region.
There is a clear divide between continents with higher fertility rates (Africa and Oceania) and those with lower rates (Europe, America, and parts of Asia). The data reflects varying levels of development, healthcare access, education, and cultural norms influencing fertility rates worldwide.
For 2018 Africa and Oceania have relatively high upper bounds for female employment rates compared to other continents. In contrast, Asia has the lowest minimum values, indicating that some countries have significantly low participation rates.
Africa exhibits the widest range of female employment rates, reflecting significant variability between countries on this continent. However, it also has the highest median, suggesting that most countries in Africa have a relatively high rate of female employment compared to other continents.
Asia also shows a broad range, with some countries having very low employment rates and others quite high. On the other hand, Europe, America, and Oceania demonstrate relatively smaller ranges, indicating more consistency within these continents. Furthermore, Europe and America have lower medians compared to Africa and Oceania, reflecting a slightly lower overall female employment rate.
| Country/area | Country Code | Continent | Year | Child Mortality | Fertility Rate | Employment Rate | employ_group | |
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The data used for this PBB’s capstone project was obtained from Gapminder’s data repository. Three indicators were selected for analysis namely; “child mortality”, “total fertilty rate”, and “female employment rate”.
Total fertility rate is the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year. Child mortality is for 0 to 5 year olds dying per 1000 born. Female employment rate the percentage of female population, age group 15+, that has been employed during the given year.
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